HEALTH
Victims with dangerous dengue flying back from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Cambodia
Dengue fever cases in Hong Kong are on the rise, according to the Department for Health. […]
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CULTURE
Save the planet, prevent environmental disaster: Join Birthstrike and swear to produce no children
Do you ever think Earth would be better off if the human race was reduced? Now you can join an organisation called BirthStrike and vow not to have children. […]
SCIENCE
Prolific shower of light trails and even fireballs is now flashing across the heavens
The Perseid meteor shower is about to give its annual display. […]
ENTERTAINMENT
Clockenflap 2019 to rock six stages as three young men quietly become multi-millionaires
Clockenflap, to be held from 9 – 11 November looks to make the founders multi-millionaires. […]
latest news
Will People’s Liberation Army be deployed on streets to stabilise Hong Kong? Mixed signals and varying opinions
Mixed signals are flashing on the fearsome possibility that the Chinese Communist Party may order its troops to stabilise Hong Kong. […]
FEATURES
New Tsunami Warning Centre highlights risk huge wave could decimate our region
The Manila Trench is the second deepest place on the planet. Every half to a millennia or so it slips and that is not good for us. The Manila Trench has been classified as the highest megathrust earthquake tsunami source by the United States Geological Survey. […]
COMMUNITY
Hawaiian melodies under the sun evoking Elvis Presley, Andy Williams and Queen Lili’uokalani – go, it’s free
If you love the uke, or just want some free fun, get along to the Hong Kong Ukulele Festival on Saturday 27 July. […]
International News
Boris Johnson moves into Number 10 as world watches with amusement and bemusement
Our International Correspondent gives his take on the new UK Prime Minister. […]
EDITORIAL
Dark days and fearful nights as Hong Kong marks seventh weekend of peaceful marches leading to bloody mayhem
The Hong Kong protests are moving in good and bad directions simultaneously. Good, the numbers marching are decreasing. Bad, the violence is escalating. Perhaps the two go together: it is only the hard core who are left. […]
ENVIRONMENT
Active typhoon season expected because of warmer sea surface temperatures
The 2019 typhoon season looks to be an active one. […]